reify

Example Sentences

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Each count, Mr Teltumbde argues, "did not merely record caste, but reified and hardened it".

From BBC

Recently, the conservative Supreme Court reified the concept with the Dobbs decision, reversing the constitutional right to abortion under Roe v.

From Salon

Recent Supreme Court rulings have laid the groundwork for this strategy by reifying the right-wing belief that "science" is whatever a Federalist Society-selected judge says it is.

From Salon

We see this push for closure reified across American culture.

From Los Angeles Times

The brain latches on or compares itself to others, starting a negative cycle of thinking that can reify itself.

From Seattle Times